GMail Adds Virus Protection

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 1, 2005 @08:00AM from the google-farts-and-people-smell dept.

AxsDeny writes "Google has rolled out virus protection for it's web based email service. Apparently they are scanning incoming and outgoing messages for infected messages. Read more on their "what's new" page."

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Final Straw! by fembots · 2005-12-01 08:01 · Score: 5, Funny

That's it, that's EVIL and I'm quitting GMail now!

GMail has been my faithful virus depository, now where can I go today? HoTMaiL?

I wish it gives users the option to still retrieve the virus if they insist.

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1. Re:Final Straw! by TubeSteak · 2005-12-01 10:39 · Score: 4, Funny
  
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  you forgot to give us your e-mail address.
  
  I've got this great virus you can add to your collection. It's called W32.Goatse@cx
  
  It's pretty original, the virus masquerades as a JPEG and when you open it in your e-mail, it makes you go blind. ...Lightyears ahead of the competition
  
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  o0t!
NO! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-01 08:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Not on the same day MS starts beta testing their anti-virus solution.

I'm gonna fucking kill this guy, I did it before and I'll do it again, I'm gonna fucking kill google!

Where's a chair?
but but but... by ellem · 2005-12-01 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny

I use GMail on OS X so I don't need it...
</sarcasm>

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Re:"it's"? by NanoGator · 2005-12-01 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny

"Oh come on... Why keep up the pretence of being 'editors' if you don't even fix stupid mistakes like it's versus its?"

I was all excited about the virus protection in GMail until you pointed that out.

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What? Can't they index virii? by Wellspring · 2005-12-01 08:14 · Score: 4, Funny

This is a natural outgrowth of the fact that they can't effectively index virii.

Therefore, they must be destroyed.
Re:Nice, I suppose, if you get a lot of them. by Nezzari · 2005-12-01 08:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Que?
great, now I don't need norton by Surt · 2005-12-01 08:43 · Score: 4, Funny

I'll just write a program to email myself every file on my hard drive and see what fails, or maybe use that gmail as file system thingy.

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Google Ads by ramrom · 2005-12-01 09:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Will I get ads based on the Virus ???